All your favourite acts including Justice Crew, Guy Sebastian, LMFAO and The Beards have been nominated for ARIA Awards.

The “also-rans” include rapper 360 (six nominations) and Gotye and The Jezabels, with five nominations each. Alpine will go up against Matt Corby, the all-conquering 360 and San Cisco in the Best Breakthrough category; Dappled Cities will duke it out against The Jezabels and The Bamboos for Best Independent Release; while The Dirty Three, Cold Chisel and Hoodoo Gurus will Greco-Roman wrestle for Best Australian Live Act. DZ Deathrays have scored their first nomination for debut album Bloodstreams in the Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album category. There were no nominations for Henry Wagons.

While Gotye won six awards at the 2011 ARIA’s for his ubiquitous single ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, his album Making Mirrors only became eligible for contention this year due to its late release date. It has already taken out the Artisan Award for Best Cover for 2012.

The 2012 ARIA Awards will take place on November 29 at Sydney Entertainment Centre in Darling Harbour. Public tickets are $49.95 and go on sale on October 8, 9am.

ARIA Artisan Award winners

Best Producer: Styalz Fuego for 360 – Falling & Flying
Best Engineer: Francois Tetaz (Gotye – Making Mirrors)
Best Cover: Gotye – Making Mirrors
Best Original Soundtrack: triple j – Straight To You: triple j’s Tribute to Nick Cave

ARIA 2012 nominations

Album of the Year
360 – Falling & Flying
Gotye – Making Mirrors
Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle The Jezabels – Prisoner
The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap

Best Female Artist
Jessica Mauboy
Kimbra
Lanie Lane
Missy Higgins
Washington

Best Male Artist
360
Angus Stone
Gotye
Guy Sebastian
Keith Urban
Matt Corby

Song of the Year
360 feat. Gossling
Delta Goodrem
Guy Sebastian
Hilltop Hoods feat. Sia
Jessica Mauboy and Stan Walker
Justice Crew
Matt Corby
Reece Mastin
Ricki-Lee
Timomatic

Best Australian Live Act
360
Cold Chisel
Dirty Three
Gotye
Hilltop Hoods
Hoodoo Gurus
Kate Miller-Heidke
The Bamboos
The Jezabels
The Living End

Best Independent Release
Dappled Cities – Lake Air
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp – Songs of the Southern Skies
San Cisco – Awkward
The Bamboos – Medicine Man
The Jezabels – Prisoner

Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
Buried In Verona – Notorious
DZ Deathrays – Bloodstreams
Frenzal Rhomb – Smoko at the Pet Food Factory
House Vs Hurricane – Crooked Teeth
Sleepmakeswaves – …and so we destroyed everything

Best Urban Album
360 – Falling & Flying
Hilltop Hoods – Drinking From The Sun
Katalyst – Deep Impressions
The Bamboos – Medicine Man
The Herd – Future Shade

Best Pop Release
Gotye
Guy Sebastian
Jessica Mouboy
Kimbra
San Cisco

Best Rock Album
Children Collide – Monument
Cold Chisel – No Plans
Oh Mercy – Deep Heat
The Jezabels – Prisoner
The Temper Trap – The Temper Trap

Best Adult Contemporary Album
Darren Hayes – Secret Codes And Battleships
Husky – Forever So
Josh Pyke – Only Sparrows
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp – Songs of the Southern Skies
Missy Higgins – The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle

Best Blues & Roots Album
Angus Stone
Jeff Lang
Lanie Lane
Mia Dyson
Paul Greene & The Other Colours

Best Group
Boy and Bear
Cold Chisel
Hilltop Hoods
The Jezabels
The Temper Trap

Breakthrough Artist
360
Alpine
Lanie Lane
Matt Corby
San Cisco

Best Country Album
Beccy Cole – Songs and Pictures
Catherine Britt – Always Never Enough
McAlister Kemp – Country Proud
The McClymonts – Two Worlds Collide
Troy Cassar-Daley – Home

Best Comedy Release
Anthony Salame – Is This thing On?
Arj Barker – Joy Harvest
Buddy Goode – Unappropriate
Sammy J – Skinny Man, Modern World
The Beards – Having A Beard Is The New Not Having A Beard

Best International Artist
Adele
Bruno Mars
Coldplay
David Guetta
Ed Sheeran
Florence and The Machine
LMFAO
Michael Buble
One Direction
The Black Keys

Best Dance Release
Havana Brown
Hermitude
Ivan Gough & Fenixpawl feat. Georgi Kay
Knife Party
Sneaky Sound System

Best Children’s Album
Bananas In Pyjamas
Dirtgirlworld
Hi-5
Rhys Muldoon
The Wiggles

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